EP 1254459 B1 20030910 - VOLTAGE BOOST LEVEL CLAMPING CIRCUIT FOR A FLASH MEMORY
Title (en)
VOLTAGE BOOST LEVEL CLAMPING CIRCUIT FOR A FLASH MEMORY
Title (de)
SPANNUNGSERHÖHUNG-KLEMMSCHALTUNG FÜR EINEN FLASH SPEICHER
Title (fr)
CIRCUIT DE FIXATION DE NIVEAU ET DE SURVOLTAGE, DESTINE A UNE MEMOIRE FLASH
Publication
Application
Priority
- US 0140031 W 20010205
- US 18063800 P 20000207
- US 59551900 A 20000616
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO0157874A2] A voltage boost circuit (111) for a flash memory (100) includes a boosting circuit (110), which is capable of boosting a portion of a power supply voltage (VCC) of the flash memory to a word line voltage level adequate for accessing a core cell in a core cell array (102) of the memory. The voltage boost circuit further includes a balancing or clamping circuit (112) for providing a nonzero adjustment voltage (VCL) to the boosting circuit to reduce the portion of the supply voltage that is available for boosting by the boosting circuit when the power supply voltage exceeds a certain value.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
G11C 16/06 (2006.01); G11C 5/14 (2006.01); G11C 8/08 (2006.01); G11C 16/12 (2006.01); G11C 16/30 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP KR US)
G11C 5/145 (2013.01 - EP US); G11C 8/08 (2013.01 - EP US); G11C 16/12 (2013.01 - EP US); G11C 16/30 (2013.01 - EP KR US)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 0157874 A2 20010809; WO 0157874 A3 20020418; AT E249674 T1 20030915; CN 1280827 C 20061018; CN 1398405 A 20030219; DE 60100741 D1 20031016; DE 60100741 T2 20040701; EP 1254459 A2 20021106; EP 1254459 B1 20030910; JP 2003522366 A 20030722; JP 4744761 B2 20110810; KR 100725648 B1 20070608; KR 20030014350 A 20030217; TW 516031 B 20030101; US 6351420 B1 20020226
DOCDB simple family (application)
US 0140031 W 20010205; AT 01920958 T 20010205; CN 01804591 A 20010205; DE 60100741 T 20010205; EP 01920958 A 20010205; JP 2001557041 A 20010205; KR 20027009833 A 20010205; TW 90101183 A 20010118; US 59551900 A 20000616